RBI
noun
plural RBIs or RBI
: a run in baseball that is driven in by a batter
also
: official credit to a batter for driving in a run
led the league in RBIs
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Happ had two hits in the victory, including an RBI double in the seventh inning to give the Cubs a three-run lead, to continue his hot hitting at PNC Park.
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Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2024
Bryce Rainer had a single and RBI double, giving him 48 hits and a .522 batting average this season.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2024
In the fourth, Whit Merrifield reached safely on third baseman Jake Burger’s fielding error, Sosa walked, and Cristian Pache smacked an RBI double.
—Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 11 May 2024
After two were out, Madison Haynes lofted a ball to deep left field that went off the glove of the right fielder and into the corner for an RBI double.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 May 2024
Murphy promptly hit the run-scoring single and Hernandez helped his cause with a RBI single to give Corona a 3-1 lead.
—Michael Huntley, Orange County Register, 7 May 2024
Miami cut its deficit to 10-9 in the seventh on Tim Anderson’s run-scoring double and pinch-hitter Jesus Sanchez’s RBI single.
—Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2024
Betts doubled to right-center and scored on Teoscar Hernández’s RBI infield single for a 5-2 lead in the seventh, and his RBI single to right made it 6-2 in the eighth.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2024
Green went 5 for 5 with 4 RBI and 2 runs scored for the Red Raiders to raise his average to .342.
—Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 17 Apr. 2024
Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2024
Bryce Rainer had a single and RBI double, giving him 48 hits and a .522 batting average this season.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2024
In the fourth, Whit Merrifield reached safely on third baseman Jake Burger’s fielding error, Sosa walked, and Cristian Pache smacked an RBI double.
—Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 11 May 2024
After two were out, Madison Haynes lofted a ball to deep left field that went off the glove of the right fielder and into the corner for an RBI double.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 May 2024
Murphy promptly hit the run-scoring single and Hernandez helped his cause with a RBI single to give Corona a 3-1 lead.
—Michael Huntley, Orange County Register, 7 May 2024
Miami cut its deficit to 10-9 in the seventh on Tim Anderson’s run-scoring double and pinch-hitter Jesus Sanchez’s RBI single.
—Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2024
Betts doubled to right-center and scored on Teoscar Hernández’s RBI infield single for a 5-2 lead in the seventh, and his RBI single to right made it 6-2 in the eighth.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2024
Green went 5 for 5 with 4 RBI and 2 runs scored for the Red Raiders to raise his average to .342.
—Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 17 Apr. 2024
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“RBI.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/RBI. Accessed 17 May. 2024.
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